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IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH

Definition: IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH

IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH

1. A defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. Usage: Impediment , Obstacle , Difficulty , Hindrance . An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it. The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and an impedimen in his political career. --C. J. Smith.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Modern Translations: IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH

Language Translations for "IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

puhevika (speech defect). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

beszédhiba. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impedimentay inay eechspay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-h-i-i-i-m-m-n-n-p-p-s-t"

-5 letters: impenitencies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMPEDIMENT IN SPEECH


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 50 45 44 49 4D 45 4E 54      49 4E      53 50 45 45 43 48

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01010000 01000101 01000100 01001001 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000101 01000011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#80 &#69 &#68 &#73 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#69 &#67 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0050 0045 0044 0049 004D 0045 004E 0054      0049 004E      0053 0050 0045 0045 0043 0048

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43475039384347394854243482535039393742

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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